Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 25 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.

Sam Richardson will play both offense and defense for Iowa State in its season opener. That sentence should be worth a click.

Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman weighs in on Oklahoma choosing redshirt freshman Trevor Knight as its starting quarterback.

Here’s a video from FrogVision about TCU’s involvement with Team USA baseball over the summer.

Texas coach Mack Brown told Pat Forde of Yahoo!Sports.com that he plans on coaching the Longhorns until 2020.